Prof Vernon C. Gibson FRS

 
 

Half-sandwich Imido complexes of niobium and tantalum.

David N. Williams, Jonathan P. Mitchell, Andrew D. Poole, Ulrich Siemeling, William Clegg, David C.R. Hockless, Paul A. O’Neil and Vernon C. Gibson, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1992, 739-751.


Structural and Bonding Patterns in Tetrahedral and Pseudo-Tetrahedral Transition

Metal Complexes Containing π-donor Ligands.

Vernon C. Gibson, J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans., 1994, 1607-1618.


Half-sandwich Imido Complexes of Niobium Bearing Alkyne, Benzyne and Benzylidene Ligands:

Relatives of the Zirconocene Family.

Michael C.W. Chan, Jacqueline M. Cole, Vernon C. Gibson, Judith A.K. Howard,   Christian Lehmann, Andrew D. Poole and Ulrich Siemeling, J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans., 1998, 103-111.


Iron and Cobalt Ethylene Polymerization Catalysts Bearing 2,6‑Bis(Imino)Pyridyl Ligands: Synthesis, Structures and Polymerization Studies.

George J. P. Britovsek, Michael Bruce, Vernon C. Gibson, Brian S. Kimberley, Peter J. Maddox, Sergio Mastroianni, Stuart J. McTavish, Carl Redshaw, Gregory A. Solan, Staffan Strömberg, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1999, 121, 8728-8740.


The Search for New Generation Olefin Polymerization Catalysts: Life Beyond Metallocenes.

George J.P. Britovsek, Vernon C. Gibson and Duncan F. Wass, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 1999, 38, 428-447.


Iron, cobalt, manganese, and ruthenium complex polymerization catalysts, their manufacture and use in polymerizing olefins. 

Vernon C. Gibson, Brian S. Kimberley, Peter J. Maddox, Sergio Mastroianni.  (BP Chemicals Ltd., UK). PCT Int. Appl. (2000), WO 0015646.


Oligomerisation of Ethylene by Bis(imino)pyridyl Iron and Cobalt Complexes.

George J.P. Britovsek, Sergio Mastroianni, Gregory A. Solan, Simon P.D. Baugh, Carl Redshaw, Vernon C. Gibson, Andrew White, David Williams and Mark R.J. Elsegood, Chemistry – A European Journal, 2000, 6, 2221-2231.


A Well-Defined Tin(II) Initiator for the Living Polymerisation of Lactide.

Andrew P. Dove, Vernon C. Gibson, Edward L. Marshall, Andrew J. P. White, David J. Williams, J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun., 2001, 283-284.


Iron-Catalyzed Polyethylene Chain Growth on Zinc: Linear α-Olefins with a Poisson Distribution.

George J.P. Britovsek, Steven A. Cohen, Vernon C. Gibson, Peter J. Maddox and Martin van Meurs, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 2002, 41, 489-491.


Discovery of a new family of chromium ethylene polymerisation catalysts using High Throughput Screening methodology.

David J. Jones, Vernon C. Gibson, Simon Green and Peter J. Maddox, J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun., 2002, 1038-1039.


A well-defined magnesium-enolate initiator for the living and highly syndioselective polymerisation of methylmethacrylate.

Andrew P. Dove, Vernon C. Gibson*, Edward L. Marshall, Andrew J.P. White and David J. Williams, J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun., 2002, 1208-1209.


Design of Highly Active Iron-based Catalysts for Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization: Tridentate Salicylaldiminato Ligands Affording Near Ideal Nernstian Behavior.

Rachel K. O’Reilly, Vernon C. Gibson, Andrew J.P. White and David J. Williams, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 8450-8451.


Bis(carbene)pyridine complexes of Cr(III): exceptionally active catalysts for the oligomerization of ethylene.

David  S. McGuinness, Vernon C. Gibson, Duncan F. Wass and Jonathan W. Steed, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 12716-12717.


Remarkable Stereocontrol in the Polymerization of Racemic Lactide using Aluminum Initiators Supported by Tetradentate Aminophenoxide Ligands.

Pimpa Hormnirun, Edward L. Marshall, Vernon C. Gibson, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126, 2688-2689.


A Computational Analysis of the Ring-Opening Polymerization of rac-Lactide Initiated by Single-Site βDiketiminate Metal Complexes: Defining the Mechanistic Pathway and the Origin of Stereocontrol.

Edward L. Marshall, Vernon C. Gibson and H. Rzepa, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 6048-6051.


Polyethylene Chain Growth on Zinc Catalyzed by Olefin Polymerization Catalysts: A Comparative Investigation of Highly Active Catalyst Systems Across the Transition Series.

Martin van Meurs, George J.P. Britovsek, Vernon C. Gibson and Steven A. Cohen, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 9913-9923.


Experimental Evidence for Large Ring Metallacycle Intermediates in Polyethylene Chain Growth using Homogeneous Chromium Catalysts.

Atanas K. Tomov, Juan Chirinos, David J. Jones, Vernon C. Gibson, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 10166-10167.


Synthetic, Structural, Mechanistic and Computational Studies on Single-Site α-Diketiminate Tin(II) Initiators for the Polymerization of rac-Lactide.

Andrew P. Dove, Vernon C. Gibson, Edward L. Marshall, Henry S. Rzepa, Andrew J.P. White and David J. Williams, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 9834-9843.


Correlation of Metal Spin State with Catalytic Reactivity: Polymerizations Mediated by -Diimine-Iron Complexes.

Michael P. Shaver, Laura E. N. Allan, Henry S. Rzepa and Vernon C. Gibson, Angew. Chem., 2006, 45, 1241-1244.